Wake County

Raleigh staff recommended a 3 percent water and sewer rate increase for the coming fiscal year during a Raleigh City Council budget work session Monday. It'd cost the average residential customer $1.68 more per month in their water bill.

Eric Brunner, accused of leaving his mother die in their home admitted leaving her on the floor at the bottom of a staircase for at least 24 hours after she fell, Wake County, NC, sheriff's deputies said.

Jury selection began Monday for a Raleigh man charged with killing his wife and daughter. Police said Elhadji Seydou Diop strangled his wife and daughter and then posted their deaths on his Facebook page.

Molly Stevens of Raleigh, NC, auditioned for NBC's "The Voice" and was picked to be on Team Kelly Clarkson. Stevens is a native of Macon, Ga., and lived in Nashville. She lives in Raleigh with her fiance Ashlee.

The town of Morrisville and the NC Department of Transportation are holding an event Thursday, March 22, 2018, where residents can learn about road, sidewalk and greenway projects that aim to ease traffic and make it easier to get around.

A man with blood on his face and shirt came out of Club Amnesia in Raleigh, NC, early on March 10, then returned and began shooting at a group of people, according to a search warrant application from Raleigh police.

A week after raiding an Apex hotel and arresting one man for promoting prostitution and citing four women for soliciting prostitution, police are urging the public to be on the lookout for signs of human trafficking.

Cary police announced that a 24-year-old Durham man is facing charges for a rash of home burglaries. Investigators are asking for the public's help to find two other men who may have been involved in the crime spree.

On the one-year anniversary of the massive downtown Raleigh fire, here are the videos and stories that tell the tale of that stunning night in March 2017 at the Metropolitan apartments construction site blaze.